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... beauty , evidently drawn from nature . It expresses the most tender and affectionate emotions : we hear it in those little gusts of passion which mothers use in caressing their infants ; it is one of the most endearing tones in the ...
... beauty , evidently drawn from nature . It expresses the most tender and affectionate emotions : we hear it in those little gusts of passion which mothers use in caressing their infants ; it is one of the most endearing tones in the ...
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... beauty ; in his voice it imparts a tenderness not to be described . " + The sliding notes above described are analagous to drawling notes of speech . Speech , to be natural , requires each syllable to be uttered with a certain degree of ...
... beauty ; in his voice it imparts a tenderness not to be described . " + The sliding notes above described are analagous to drawling notes of speech . Speech , to be natural , requires each syllable to be uttered with a certain degree of ...
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... beauty from the clouds , ( g ) and laughest at the storm . [ ( h ) But , to Ossian , thou lookest in vain . Staff a , in Diagram 13 , is designed for the first sec- tion in the above extract ; staff b , for the second sec- tion , and so ...
... beauty from the clouds , ( g ) and laughest at the storm . [ ( h ) But , to Ossian , thou lookest in vain . Staff a , in Diagram 13 , is designed for the first sec- tion in the above extract ; staff b , for the second sec- tion , and so ...
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... beauty of the painter , and of the sculptor , is not commonly to be found in the indi- vidual living model , but to be collected from the various excellencies of the many . Neither true grace , nor consummate eloquence , can be acquired ...
... beauty of the painter , and of the sculptor , is not commonly to be found in the indi- vidual living model , but to be collected from the various excellencies of the many . Neither true grace , nor consummate eloquence , can be acquired ...
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... beauty . * When action is considered independent of language and sentiment , this definition will , perhaps , be found generally correct . Rhetorical action , however , derives its grace , not only from the actual motions of the speaker ...
... beauty . * When action is considered independent of language and sentiment , this definition will , perhaps , be found generally correct . Rhetorical action , however , derives its grace , not only from the actual motions of the speaker ...
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Page 332 - Eske river, where ford there was none ; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 238 - Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air — Comes a still voice...
Page 314 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 211 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms - the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 249 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 177 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 324 - Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light ; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land...
Page 255 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
Page 239 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings, — yet the dead are there: And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep, — the dead reign there alone.
Page 275 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —